Turkey: Towards the end of anchovy exports

Published 2024년 3월 27일

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Between January and February 2024, Turkey's anchovy exports saw a significant increase, with a 35% rise in value and a 90% surge in quantity, reaching $2 million 119 thousand 896 across 18 countries. Belgium, the United States, and France emerged as the top importers. Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, from the Eastern Black Sea Exporters' Association, attributed this growth to a shift towards exporting canned anchovies. However, he warned of an impending halt in exports due to a hunting ban starting April 15. Gürdoğan also recommended delaying the anchovy season's start to protect fish stocks and urged the adoption of aquaculture practices similar to those in Japan and Norway to enhance stocks and develop value-added products.

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In the January-February period of this year, anchovy exports to 18 countries across Turkey provided 2 million 119 thousand 896 dollars of foreign currency, equivalent to 577 thousand 463 kilograms. The highest anchovy export was made to Belgium with 524 thousand 936 dollars, to the United States with 401 thousand 109 dollars, to France with 368 thousand 287 dollars, while in the same period last year, it was exported to 19 countries with 1 million 569 thousand 373 dollars, equivalent to 303 thousand 752 dollars. export was made. Making a statement on the subject, Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, Vice President of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters' Association (DKİB), said that anchovy has now started to be exported in canned form as well as sorted. Stating that anchovy exports this season were more efficient than the previous season, Gürdoğan noted that they do not expect any activity in anchovy exports from now on due to the hunting ban that will start on April 15. Stating that they ...

Source: Iha